Isla Traquair
Isla Traquair (born 1st January 1980 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish broadcast journalist.
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[edit] Early life
Traquair was born in Aberdeen on New Year's Day 1980.
[edit] Journalism career
Isla started in journalism at the age of 15, working one day a week at a local press agency while still at school. During this work placement, Isla wrote a front page story in a national paper about job losses due to the beef crisis.
After finishing school, Isla completed an in-house training scheme with Aberdeen Journals and went onto become a crime and court reporter for Scottish broadsheet The Press and Journal.[1]
[edit] Television career
Isla joined Grampian Television (now STV North) in early 2001 as a reporter, presenter and production journalist for North Tonight, Grampian Headlines, Grampian News and North Today.
Traquair was one of the producers of the STV crime series, Unsolved. She also hosted an update programme at the end of later series.
Traquair left STV for ITV News in November 2006, reportedly after her application for a two-month secondment to ITN had been blocked by her bosses.[2]
[edit] Five News
Traquair left ITN to join Five News as a news correspondent and presenter. In June 2008 it was announced she and Matt Barbet would stand-in for Natasha Kaplinsky whilst she was on maternity leave.[3] Following the return of Kaplinsky she discontinued presenting the now defunct 19:00 programme with Traquair replacing her. Isla quit Five News and left on 28 August 2009.
[edit] Oprah Winfrey Network
Isla now lives in Canada. She is about to start filming a new series for the Oprah Winfrey Network.[4]
[edit] Personal life
Isla is the daughter of a software developer Baron father, and teacher mother; she has 3 brothers.
Traquair, currently separated from husband Neil McIntosh, lives between homes in Aberdeen and London.[5]
Isla's interests out of work include films, music, football, swimming, skiing, gold, walking and cooking (in particular baking cakes) and spending time with her family and friends.
[edit] References
- ^ Source: Five News
- ^ The Mail on Sunday (London), 19 November 2006, p 11
- ^ Five announces Isla Traquair and Matt Barbet as Kaplinsky stand-ins Media Guardian, 20 June 2008
- ^ @IslaTraquair Twitter, 2011
- ^ Exclusive - Scots newsreader Isla Traquair moving on from Five Daily Record
